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NSB Beach Grub Food and Rentals

Park where the locals park and eat where the locals eat! NSB Beach Grub, located on the beach right in front of Sea Vista Tiki Bar and the Islander Beach Resort in New Smyrna Beach, offers rentals of all the essentials you need for a day at the beach plus hot food and cold drinks to feed your hunger after a day in the sun. Read More » Continue reading NSB Beach Grub Food and Rentals

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Weekend Blues

Ever After Blueberry Farm – Mims, Florida To me, nothing announces the arrival of warm weather more than fresh fruit, and what better way to get that produce to your table than to pick it yourself? Blueberry Picking Season Opens April Being well into spring with summer rapidly approaching, Floridians have been getting our share of warmth for a while now. Thanks to a strange Read More » Continue reading Weekend Blues

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Local Favorite Ice Cream Parlor in Business for 10 Years in Port Orange

Let’s play a game called, “How Well do You Know your Neighbors?” Did you know that one of your neighbors is a local general store with gifts, lottery, a post office AND over 30 flavors of delicious homemade ice cream right in your back yard? And, it has been open for over 10 years?! Neighbors Ice Cream Parlor and General Store is that place! Located Read More » Continue reading Local Favorite Ice Cream Parlor in Business for 10 Years in Port Orange

grilled shrimp and seared tuna steak atop bed of rice with vegetables

INSIDE LOOK: Riverpark Terrace

302 South Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach 32168 // RiverparkTerrace.com Interview by Tiffany Yancey // Photos by Kelsey Walters From the moment you step onto the property at Riverpark Terrace you are surrounded by natural beauty. Follow the winding brick pathway to the heart of the venue and you escape into a tropical garden with beautiful flowers and fragrances and the wafting smells of divine Read More » Continue reading INSIDE LOOK: Riverpark Terrace

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W.I.N.E. Event for Women

Join the ECC Ladies at an exclusive networking event for women on Monday, February 18th at Riverpark Terrace from 5:30-7:30 PM. $5 cash gets you in the door and includes: Complimentary appetizers from the chef at Riverpark Terrace Wine Specials 5 minute Mini Massages by Abundant Health Day Spa A chance to Win Fabulous Prizes Wine Tastings by S. R. Perrott Opportunity to Network with Read More » Continue reading W.I.N.E. Event for Women

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INSIDE LOOK: Boston’s Fish House

Q: Boston’s has been a staple in our community since 2000, evolving and expanding, what is new lately? A: The original owner, standards, and recipes are back. We have done a comprehensive remodel of the kitchen, dinning room, and have added a full bar now to accompany the full table service. Our customers really appreciate that their old reliable is back, but has turned into a Read More » Continue reading INSIDE LOOK: Boston’s Fish House

Are You Drinking Florida-Grown Tea?

Usually, I use this space to groan about local politics and unmitigated growth. But this month, I’ve been given the green light to shamelessly plug my business – yay! So, I’ll start with two questions. 1. Do you drink tea? 2. Do you know where your tea comes from? If you do drink tea, you aren’t alone. One hundred fifty seven million Americans drink tea Read More » Continue reading Are You Drinking Florida-Grown Tea?

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INSIDE LOOK: After Body Meals

Interview with Founder and CEO Kirk Girdley By Tiffany Yancey // Photos of Kirk by Kelsey Walters My first interview with Kirk, founder and CEO of After Body Meals (ABM), ran in the September 2017 issue of ECC. He had been in business for only two years and just opened a storefront in South Daytona. ABM has continued to grow and we thought it was Read More » Continue reading INSIDE LOOK: After Body Meals